Assets recovered from criminals throughout the UK are going under the hammer in an unreserved Government auction in Mallusk at 7pm tonight.

The total haul is worth an estimated £1.5million and includes 12 prestige cars, a 50ft yacht, speedboat and various pieces of expensive jewellery.

Cars from a dodgy dealer in England include a 2001 Bentley Arnage 6.7T5 with only 26,648 miles on the clock which cost £130,320 new. And there’s a Chevrolet GMC two-door pick-up worth £80,000.

They were seized from a man convicted in a multi-million pound illegal enterprise.

Wilsons Auctions have already sold more than £1million worth of his assets following a a lengthy trial at Leeds Crown Court.

Peter Johnston, group operations director, said: “Over 1,000 people attended the first auction with further online bidders logging in from around the globe to try and purchase some of the once-in-a-lifetime assets on offer.

“It is rare for such an important collection of vehicles to become available on the market at the one time.”